Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 20:01:59 EST 2022 | llawrence
Hi, I have a component that comes on 16mm tape and I am using it in a CL series feeder. The pitch of the tape is 12mm, but there are only settings for 4 and 8mm on the feeder. Is there a such thing as a 16mm CL feeder that can do 12mm pitch? If ther
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 05 08:38:22 EDT 1998 | Eric Klaver
The Tesa company delivers Splice Tape for 8mm, 12mm and 16mm. Also special splice tape for 8mm paper tape and some splice tools as well. Siemens uses for large tape a 'staple' but might be patented and then cannot be used outside Siemens. (Staples
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 10 19:53:01 EDT 1998 | Joe Herz
| The Tesa company delivers Splice Tape for 8mm, | 12mm and 16mm. Also special splice tape for 8mm | paper tape and some splice tools as well. | Siemens uses for large tape a 'staple' but might | be patented and then cannot be used outside Siemens.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 10 22:19:31 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| | The Tesa company delivers Splice Tape for 8mm, | | 12mm and 16mm. Also special splice tape for 8mm | | paper tape and some splice tools as well. | | Siemens uses for large tape a 'staple' but might | | be patented and then cannot be used outsid
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 08:05:23 EDT 2024 | carl_p
Use off cuts from the reels & just buy splices. It's how i've done prototype jobs before switching away from cut tape & part reels etc. Although if this is a forever ending cycle it can be very painful.
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 13:40:09 EDT 2024 | mistrthou
I was just at a trade show Tuesday. I was impressed by smartsplice. Quick and easy, he also sells empty feeder you can cut off for a starter for partial reels. https://smartsplice.com/?v=7516fd43adaa
Electronics Forum | Thu May 09 14:27:19 EDT 2024 | spoiltforchoice
I have tried cover tape extenders from a multitude of sources and they all seem to be made of the same plastic. I think your best solution might be to splice on carrier tape extenders instead, these can come with conventional cover tape already fitte
Electronics Forum | Fri May 10 01:18:33 EDT 2024 | murtaza
Try using the splice tape without the plastic extension. Use old tape to make the splice. This is much cheaper as well. For the plastic tapes, you have to bend the front a bit during setup and also after running a few boards, stop the machine and
Electronics Forum | Sat May 04 13:06:40 EDT 2024 | erikfriesen
We are using these Cover tape extenders https://smtsupplies.com/products/cover-tape-extenders-8-12mm-yellow-500-per-box The problem we have is that we have on 8mm feeders is that these leaders are harder plastic, and we have to put fishing weights o
